# David Thompson

David or Dave Thompson may refer to:

## Business

* David Thompson (American businessman, born 1798) (1798–1871), president of New York Life Insurance & Trust Company
* David Thompson (British businessman) (1936–2021), co-founder of Hillsdown Holdings
* G. David Thompson (1899–1965), American investment banker, industrialist, and modern art collector

## Entertainment

* Dave Thompson (author) (born 1960), British author, largely dealing with rock and pop music
* Dave Thompson (comedian) (born 1959), British actor and comedian
* David M. Thompson (born 1950), founder of BBC Films
* David Thompson (singer) (1950–2010), lead singer of the Canadian country band Thunder Road
* David Thompson (writer) (born 1956), American writer and playwright
* David H. Thompson (actor) (1884–1957), American actor, cast in Sowers and Reapers
* David W. Thompson (born 1994), American actor
* Lil' Dave Thompson (1969–2010), American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
* A pen name of American author David L. Robbins (born 1950)

## Law

* David R. Thompson (1930–2011), U.S. federal judge
* David N. Thompson (1859–1945), Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
* David Thompson (attorney), American trial attorney
* Sir Dave Thompson (police officer), Chief Constable of West Midlands Police

## Politics

* David Thompson (Canada West politician) (1793–1851), entrepreneur and political figure in Canada West
* David P. Thompson (1834–1901), governor of the Idaho Territory, mayor of Portland, Oregon
* David E. Thompson (1854–1942), American diplomat
* David Thompson (Canadian politician) (1836–1886), member of the Canadian House of Commons
* Dave Thompson (Scottish politician) (born 1949), Scottish National Party member of the Scottish Parliament for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
* Dave Thompson (Minnesota politician) (born 1961), Minnesota state senator
* David Thompson (Barbadian politician) (1961–2010), Prime Minister of Barbados

## Sports
### Football and rugby

* David Thompson (footballer, born 1962), former English football player with Rochdale, Notts County, Wigan, Preston and Chester
* David Thompson (footballer, born 1968), English former professional footballer
* David Thompson (footballer, born 1977), former English football player with Liverpool, Coventry, Blackburn, Wigan, Portsmouth and Bolton
* Dave Thompson (footballer, born 1945), English former professional footballer
* Dave Thompson (American football) (born 1949), American football player
* David Thompson (American football) (born 1975), American football player
* David Thompson (rugby league, born 1978), Australian rugby league player
* Dave Thompson (rugby league, born 1995), for Leigh Centurions

### Other sports

* David Thompson (basketball) (born 1954), American basketball player
* David Thompson (cricketer) (born 1976), former English cricketer
* David Thompson (baseball) (born 1993), American baseball player

## Other fields

* David B. Thompson (1923–2013), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
* David D. Thompson, US Space Force general
* David Thompson (New Hampshire settler) (1593–?), founder of the first European settlement in New Hampshire
* David Thompson (explorer) (1770–1857), Canadian explorer
* David Thompson (chef), Australian chef
* David M. Thompson, FRHS (born 1942), Professor of Modern Church History, University of Cambridge
* David Thompson (nurse) (born 1955), British academic nurse and psychologist